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2004 Kansas City Royals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 2003/2005)
58-104, Finished 5th in AL Central Division
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Scored 720 runs, Allowed 905 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-98
Managed by Tony Pena

Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,661,478 (13th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 102, Pitching - 103
  (one-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 97
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 2004 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (2003/2005) / Lineups / Batting Orders / Minor League Teams / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

November 6, 2003

Traded Kieran Mattison (minors), Trey Dyson (minors), and cash to the Cleveland Indians. Received a player to be named later and Brian Anderson. The Cleveland Indians sent Chris White (minors) (November 6, 2003) to the Kansas City Royals to complete the trade.

November 7, 2003

Released Brent Abernathy.

November 11, 2003

Signed Calvin Pickering as a free agent.

November 21, 2003

Signed Kevin Appier as a free agent.

Signed Mike Venafro as a free agent.

November 25, 2003

Signed Brandon Berger as a free agent.

December 1, 2003

Signed Brian Anderson as a free agent.

Signed Curt Leskanic as a free agent.

Signed Joe Randa as a free agent.

December 2, 2003

Signed Dennys Reyes as a free agent.

December 7, 2003

Signed Jason Grimsley as a free agent.

December 8, 2003

Signed Travis Dawkins as a free agent.

December 9, 2003

Signed Matt Stairs as a free agent.

Signed Scott Sullivan as a free agent.

December 11, 2003

Signed Benito Santiago as a free agent.

December 15, 2003

Traded Jason Szuminski and cash to the San Diego Padres. Received Rich Thompson.

Signed Rick Short as a free agent.

Drafted Jason Szuminski from the Chicago Cubs in the 2003 rule 5 draft.

December 16, 2003

Signed Tony Graffanino as a free agent.

December 18, 2003

Signed Wilton Guerrero as a free agent.

December 19, 2003

Signed Kelly Stinnett as a free agent.

December 21, 2003

Kris Wilson granted Free Agency.

January 2, 2004

Signed Kris Wilson as a free agent.

January 6, 2004

Signed Juan Gonzalez as a free agent.

January 16, 2004

Signed Doug Linton as a free agent.

January 20, 2004

Signed Adrian Brown as a free agent.

January 25, 2004

Signed Jed Hansen as a free agent.

January 26, 2004

Signed Travis Chapman as a free agent.

Traded Shawn Sedlacek to the New York Mets. Received Jaime Cerda.

February 12, 2004

Signed Rudy Seanez as a free agent.

March 22, 2004

Signed Alberto Castillo as a free agent.

March 30, 2004

Signed Junior Herndon as a free agent.

Received J.J. Trujillo from the San Diego Padres as part of a conditional deal.

April 2, 2004 (Standings)

Signed Jamey Wright as a free agent.

April 8, 2004 (Standings)

Traded Zach McClellan, Chris Fallon (minors), and cash to the Colorado Rockies. Received Justin Huisman.

April 29, 2004 (Standings)

Returned Rich Thompson (earlier draft pick) to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

May 19, 2004 (Standings)

Joey Dawley selected by the Cleveland Indians off waivers.

May 26, 2004 (Standings)

Eduardo Villacis selected by the Chicago White Sox off waivers.

May 31, 2004 (Standings)

Traded Travis Dawkins to the Chicago Cubs. Received Damian Jackson.

June 1, 2004 (Standings)

Signed Cory Aldridge as a free agent.

June 3, 2004 (Standings)

Purchased Jason Dickson from the Somerset (Atlantic).

June 4, 2004 (Standings)

Received Matt White from the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal.

June 7, 2004 (Standings)

Drafted Billy Butler in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2004.

Drafted J.P. Howell in the 1st round (31st pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed July 20, 2004.

Drafted Billy Buckner in the 2nd round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed July 20, 2004.

June 15, 2004 (Standings)

Released Brad Voyles.

June 18, 2004 (Standings)

Released Curt Leskanic.

June 21, 2004 (Standings)

Traded Jason Grimsley to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Denny Bautista.

June 24, 2004 (Standings)

As part of a 3-team trade, traded Carlos Beltran to the Houston Astros. Received Mike Wood and Mark Teahen from the Oakland Athletics and John Buck and cash from the Houston Astros. In addition, the Houston Astros sent Octavio Dotel to the Oakland Athletics.

Received Raul Casanova from the Boston Red Sox as part of a conditional deal.

June 28, 2004 (Standings)

Purchased Jose Bautista from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

July 1, 2004 (Standings)

Purchased Ruben Mateo from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

July 2, 2004 (Standings)

Signed Wilkin Ruan as a free agent.

July 9, 2004 (Standings)

Released Mendy Lopez.

July 21, 2004 (Standings)

Received Jason Ryan from the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal.

Released Jamey Wright.

July 23, 2004 (Standings)

Traded Rick Short to the Montreal Expos. Received Scott Randall.

July 30, 2004 (Standings)

Traded Jose Bautista to the New York Mets. Received Justin Huber.

July 31, 2004 (Standings)

Traded Rudy Seanez to the Florida Marlins. Received Abraham Nunez.

August 10, 2004 (Standings)

Traded Mike Venafro to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Elvin Nina (minors).

August 13, 2004 (Standings)

Signed Kevin Hooper as a free agent.

Selected Matt Kinney off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers.

August 26, 2004 (Standings)

Ruben Mateo granted Free Agency.

October 1, 2004 (Standings)

Alexis Gomez selected by the Detroit Tigers off waivers.

October 4, 2004 (Standings)

Brandon Berger granted Free Agency.

Adrian Brown granted Free Agency.

Damian Jackson granted Free Agency.

Jarrod Patterson granted Free Agency.

Matt White granted Free Agency.

October 6, 2004 (Standings)

Dee Brown granted Free Agency.

Matt Kinney granted Free Agency.

October 14, 2004 (Standings)

Alberto Castillo granted Free Agency.

October 15, 2004 (Standings)

Cory Aldridge granted Free Agency.

Raul Casanova granted Free Agency.

Travis Chapman granted Free Agency.

Jason Dickson granted Free Agency.

Byron Gettis selected by the Detroit Tigers off waivers.

Wilton Guerrero granted Free Agency.

Jed Hansen granted Free Agency.

Junior Herndon granted Free Agency.

Kevin Hooper granted Free Agency.

Norris Hopper granted Free Agency.

Doug Linton granted Free Agency.

Scott Randall granted Free Agency.

Wilkin Ruan granted Free Agency.

Jason Ryan granted Free Agency.

Jimmy Serrano granted Free Agency.

Les Walrond granted Free Agency.

Kris Wilson granted Free Agency.

October 21, 2004

Signed Alberto Castillo as a free agent.

October 25, 2004

Signed Adrian Brown as a free agent.

Signed Santiago Ramirez as a free agent.

October 27, 2004

Signed Cory Aldridge as a free agent.

Signed Wilkin Ruan as a free agent.

October 28, 2004

Juan Gonzalez granted Free Agency.

Joe Randa granted Free Agency.

Kelly Stinnett granted Free Agency.

October 29, 2004

Dennys Reyes granted Free Agency.

November 1, 2004

Kevin Appier granted Free Agency.

Desi Relaford granted Free Agency.

November 4, 2004

Signed Chris Clapinski as a free agent.

November 8, 2004

Traded Ryan Bukvich and Darrell May to the San Diego Padres. Received Terrence Long, Dennis Tankersley, and cash.

November 10, 2004

Signed Chris Truby as a free agent.

November 15, 2004

Signed Steve Stemle as a free agent.

November 19, 2004

Signed Ryan Jensen as a free agent.

December 7, 2004

Signed Kevin Appier as a free agent.

December 13, 2004

Drafted Chris Demaria from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2004 minor league draft.

Drafted Andrew Sisco from the Chicago Cubs in the 2004 rule 5 draft.

December 15, 2004

Signed Emil Brown as a free agent.

December 16, 2004

Traded Benito Santiago and cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Leo Nunez.

Traded Jorge Vasquez to the Atlanta Braves. Received Eli Marrero and cash.

December 21, 2004

Miguel Asencio granted Free Agency.

December 25, 2004

Signed Jose Lima as a free agent.

January 10, 2005

Signed Luis Ugueto as a free agent.

January 21, 2005

Signed Dennis Hocking as a free agent.

January 31, 2005

Signed Jim Bullinger as a free agent.

February 9, 2005

Signed Brian Hunter as a free agent.

February 22, 2005

Signed Derrin Ebert as a free agent.

February 24, 2005

Signed Matt Diaz as a free agent.

March 3, 2005

Signed Carlos Febles as a free agent.

March 22, 2005

Signed Joe McEwing as a free agent.

March 31, 2005

Abraham Nunez selected by the Seattle Mariners off waivers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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